Clarotech, a leading provider of VoIP business phone systems, announced it has been awarded Digium's 2018 Pinnacle Partner award for Partner of The Year Africa award for the fifth time. These Pinnacle Partner awards are presented annually to leading Digium partners who have excelled in developing and growing their partnership with Digium and driving customer success for either Switchvox Unified Communications (UC) or Asterisk Custom Communications solutions. Clarotech is one of the outstanding organizations selected based on 2017 sales and commitment to customer satisfaction.

“We have seen rapid growth of our Digium business and are honored to receive this award, which recognizes our fast growth status and collaboration with Digium,” said Colin Fair, Clarotech’s Managing Director. “Our company’s VoIP expertise and UC capabilities combined with Digium’s compelling product portfolio has led to our continued growth. By partnering with Digium, we believe we are able to offer customers the greatest value and advanced features for their office communications.”

"Each year, it's an honor to recognize so many of our channel partners who have committed to servicing their customers and growing their businesses with Digium solutions," said Wayne Landt, Director of Worldwide Channel Sales for Digium. "The Pinnacle Awards serve as appreciation for those partner organizations that have helped to expand our worldwide base of customers through the delivery of our affordable, feature-rich Switchvox phone system and custom Asterisk-based communication solutions."

About Clarotech

Clarotech Consulting is an Information and Communications Technology (ICT for short) company offering consulting, products and support services to businesses of all sizes and types in South Africa and beyond. Operating since 2001, the company satisfies the need for advice, solutions and ongoing service from a team of experienced consultants and support engineers that can be trusted.

Evident in our very name, Clarotech Consulting’s goal is to simplify ICT for our clients and to interact with them in a transparent manner. We pride ourselves on staying relentlessly relevant, supplying personalised solutions of superior value through a proven end-to-end methodology that ensures they meet our client’s business needs into the future.

About Digium

Digium®, Inc. provides Asterisk® software, telephony hardware, and on-premises and hosted Switchvox business phone systems that deliver enterprise-class Unified Communications (UC) and UC as a Service (UCaaS) solutions at an affordable price. Digium is the creator, primary developer and sponsor of the Asterisk project; the world’s most widely used open source communications software. Asterisk turns an ordinary computer into a feature-rich communications server. A community of more than 80,000 developers and users worldwide uses Asterisk to create VoIP communication solutions in more than 170 countries. Since 1999, Digium has empowered developers to create innovative communications solutions based on open standards and open source software, providing an alternative to proprietary phone systems. Digium’s business communications products are sold through a worldwide network of reseller partners. More information is available at www.digium.com and www.asterisk.org.

March 15, 2017, Cape Town, Clarotech Consulting, a leading provider of VoIP business phone systems and IT infrastructure services, announced today that it has been awarded a Digium Pinnacle Partner award in the category of Partner of the Year – Africa 2017. These Pinnacle Partner awards are presented annually to leading Digium partners who have excelled in developing and growing their partnership with Digium and driving customer success for either Switchvox Unified Communications (UC) or Asterisk Custom Communications solutions. Clarotech Consulting is one of the outstanding organisations selected based on 2016 sales and its commitment to exceeding customer satisfaction.

“We are so thrilled and grateful to receive this award for a fourth time”, said Colin Fair, Managing Director of Clarotech Consulting. “It feels as if Asterisk is growing in the PBX and call centre markets at remarkable rates year on year in Africa and particularly South Africa. More medium and large enterprises realise that Asterisk is a stable telephony platform on which to build their solutions. With Digium continuing to drive the development and scalability of the platform and tools surrounding it VAR’s such as Clarotech are able to excel.”

"We are committed to the success of our channel partners and are excited for the opportunity to recognise these companies who are dedicated to growing our business together," said Wayne Landt, Director of Worldwide Channel Sales for Digium. "More than ever, customers are looking for affordable communication solutions that provide innovative features and connect people in ways they never thought possible.”

For more information on how Clarotech Consulting can help your company improve its business communications, please contact a consultant on (021) 689-5330 or use the website enquiry form at www.clarotech.co.za.

About ClarotechClarotech Consulting is an IT infrastructure company offering support and consulting services to the mid-market. It is the leading provider of Asterisk® PBX products, support and training with installations in the mid-market, corporates and dedicated call centres throughout South Africa. Clarotech’s flagship PBX and Call Centre solution is shift*eight™, an integrated PBX solution based on Asterisk® open source software and in-house developed software. More information is available at www.clarotech.co.za.

About DigiumDigium®, Inc. provides Asterisk® software, telephony hardware, and on-premises and hosted Switchvox business phone systems that deliver enterprise-class Unified Communications (UC) and UC as a Service (UCaaS) solutions at an affordable price. Digium is the creator, primary developer and sponsor of the Asterisk project; the world’s most widely used open source communications software. Asterisk turns an ordinary computer into a feature-rich communications server. A community of more than 80,000 developers and users worldwide uses Asterisk to create VoIP communication solutions in more than 170 countries. Since 1999, Digium has empowered developers to create innovative communications solutions based on open standards and open source software, providing an alternative to proprietary phone systems. Digium Switchvox Cloud and other cloud-based products and services are offered through Digium Cloud Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Digium, Inc. Digium’s business communications products are sold through a worldwide network of reseller partners. More information is available at www.digium.com and www.asterisk.org.

The Asterisk Community Conference 2016 was a resounding success, with speakers, partners and delegates describing the event as “fantastic”. The event took place in Johannesburg on 16 and 17 February and was the first-ever Digium endorsed Asterisk community gathering in Africa.

Delegates enjoyed training, discussions, presentations and exhibitions from South Africa’s top Asterisk companies, and listened to many prominent international speakers.

“Asterisk really is taking the world by storm, and what a great conference,” said Aki Anastasiou of Talk Radio 702 who was one of the speakers at the event.

“It was very well-attended”

The conference attendance exceeded expectations, with many attendees gathering from around Africa to meet international industry leaders.

David Duffett of Digium, one of the international speakers at the conference, said that it was “great to see so many people gathering from around Africa."

“We’ve got people here from Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique as well as South Africa here, and it’s nice to see the community gathering, having a conversation and looking at all the opportunities there are around Asterisk.”

Diego Gosmar of xCally added that, “We already have quite a few customers in Africa, but it was amazing to share the vision of our products and the future of the Asterisk technology with other South Africans and others from around the continent.”